| 1959 Southern States 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 15 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,785 | Race Date: | May 22, 1959 | Southern States Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 YD | Race Duration: | 1Hr 48Min 30Sec. | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 4 | Average Speed: | 55.300 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 25 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 12 Laps | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Bob Welborn B. Welborn | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #49 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 58 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 57.950 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Southern States 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 58 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Tiny Lund | Lund racing | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | 82 | Cotton Owens | Don Every (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Speedy Thompson | Bruce Thompson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 199 | 58 |
| 6 | 18 | 1 | Richard Riley | Richard Riley (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | 79 | Jerry Draper | Jerry Draper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 7 |
| 9 | 16 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 38 | Ned Jarrett | Ned Jarrett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 62 | Buck Brigance | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 | |
| 15 | 21 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | 41 | Joe Weatherly | Delta Auto Sales | Rear Gear | | 0 | 142 | 77 |
| 17 | 20 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 129 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 122 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 21 | Larry Frank | Wood Brothers | Unknown | | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 82 | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 23 | 12 | 45 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Piston |  | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 24 | 5 | 99 | Fritz Wilson (R) | Shorty Rollins (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 80 | Cliff Timberman | Engine | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
